"The Pakistani Army initiated indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics, 82 mm and 120 mm mortarsfrom 2300 hours yesterday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector," a defence spokesman said.
He said that the Indian Army posts were retaliating strongly and effectively and firing was underway, he added.
Meanwhile, Pakistan's foreign ministry claimed that two of its villagers were injured in firing by the Indian Army.
On June 1, a civilian was killed and four others, including a BSF jawan, were injured when the Pakistani Army targeted forward areasalong the LoC in Rajouri and Pooch districts, prompting retaliation by the Indian troops.
Entire top brass of the Indian Army headed by the Army chief and seven commanders, including all corps commanders of Jammu and Kashmir, held a meeing inSrinagar to review the situation in hinterland and borders on the same day.
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